This paper examines whether Chinese development finance is associated with faster progress toward Millennium Development Goal style targets in low- and middle-income countries. We combine AidData’s ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...

In a research project that has real implications for their regular laboratory work, a pair of physicists at Brown University ...

In a research project that has real implications for their regular laboratory work, a pair of physicists at Brown University shed light on everyday ...

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...

Users Group is a recurring Webex forum that brings together researchers, open-science practitioners, and collaborators from across the physical sciences community. Designed to foster collaboration, ...

An international group of researchers have investigated the role of memory in quantum systems and dynamics. Their findings show that a quantum ...

Pro racer Can Akkaya fixes the mental barriers of street and track riding, offering a roadmap to overcome fear and ego ...

I f you’ve ever watched a basketball game, you’re familiar with the white noise of staccato squeaks from the players’ shoes ...

“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

The scientific secret behind squeaky sneakers will ensure you will never hear the noise of a basketball game the same way ...